Probably the newer generation does not remember him and even the news story only cites two commercial songs of his; but Dan Fogelberg was more. I grew listening to what I would term his “other music”. Music that lifted, moved, changed how I looked at things. Leader of the Band and “Same Auld Lang Syne” were the ones people tend to know. But his legacy before that was of a totally different type of music which carried social, technology, and other messages to us.
I’ll miss the beautiful soft voice, the messages of hope and despair. Some of the music made me think for some reason of “Into the Wild” and Eddie’s music. At one moment, it gives those “burrr bumps” of recognition but the voices are all together different.
Dan, you were more than most and I’ll liken you to another that was taken before his time; Harry Chapin. Everyone knows Harry for a few songs perhaps; but his legacy went beyond those to sets of songs that still bring me up or down. I cannot listen to some Chapin music to this day without becoming too emotional.
Its a shame of Dan’s passing that so many good people have been taken by a disease that does not know the difference. I’ve been touched by a friend’s departure and by people that only touched me at a distance. Dan’s website contains a memorial and news story.
Remember his music.
